Opinion category, Page 717
Doyle McManus: Trump’s foreign policy has produced a string of failures
WASHINGTON — The strangest thing about President Trump’s aborted plan to fly the Taliban to Camp David wasn’t the terrible symbolism of hosting terrorists three days before the anniversary of 9/11 — although that was bad enough. Even crazier was Trump’s underlying premise: that he could sweet-talk Taliban leaders to...
Editorial: Stop laughing at Antonio Brown
It is time to stop being amused by Antonio Brown. Oh, sure, it was fun for a while. And it kind of felt like Steelers fans had earned the entertainment, the opportunity to kick back and watch the football player make another team befuddled for a change. There were frozen...
Letter to the editor: Bills would harm Pa. economy
Pennsylvania’s historic strengths in energy and manufacturing rely in part on a federal system of laws and regulation that promote innovation and individual energy choices. Too often, policymakers in Washington respond to the debate on energy and sustainability with proposals that either mandate or ban particular energy resources. Several bills...
Letter to the editor: Good men can stop evil
This has always been one of my favorite quotes. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican or Democrat or American. It just speaks to you: a person with morals and values, common sense and intelligence, and hopefully a person who will not allow evil to triumph. “The only thing necessary...
Letter to the editor: So many have sold their souls
I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. I fought for our country and the right to express my opinions without anyone hating me or calling me names — especially the people who have done nothing to earn the rights and freedoms we all enjoy today. I have sat in church for...
Letter to the editor: The heroes, patriots & saints of Flight 93
On this anniversary of 9/11, Americans will remember the passengers of Flight 93 as heroes and patriots, and so will I. In my mind, there is no doubt they will also be honored as saints. J. Mark Zink Youngwood...
Pat Buchanan: Why is there apprehension about Joe Biden?
Thursday, Sept. 14, looks to be a fateful day in the half-century-long political career of Joe Biden. That night, a three-hour debate will be held, a marathon in politics. Biden will be on stage, taking incoming missiles for 180 minutes from nine rivals, each of whom is hungry for the...
Colin McNickle: An early look at Pa.’s public pension reform
Public employee pension reform now is in full bloom in Pennsylvania. But if the limited data available from the first of two groups is any indication, there hasn’t been any rush by employees — new or old — to embrace defined-contribution plans, suggests an analysis by a researcher at the...
Editorial: On anniversary of 9/11, we must find strength to unite once again
It seemed hard to believe, that day, that it was happening. It seemed hard to believe your eyes, even though you watched the planes hit, the towers fall, the Pentagon burn, the smoke roll off the Pennsylvania field. The nation stared, not the way you might be unable to look...
Letter to the editor: NRA’s terroristic ways
What if we were to expand the definition of terrorist organizations beyond those that practice or promote terrorism to include any organization that works to obstruct all effort to eliminate or lessen that terror? If that were to happen I would nominate the National Rifle Association to be foremost among...
Letter to the editor: Why I’m voting for Trump
I know why I’m voting for Trump in 2020. He is for capitalism and not socialism (which I believe will not help our country, as nothing in life is free and the Democrats have already said it will increase the tax burden on the middle class); he has issued orders...
Letter to the editor: Trump should buy Greenland
President Trump should buy Greenland. He could build his presidential library on a glacier, since he doesn’t believe in global warming (fake news). His library could offer free ice fishing, since it would have no books from his administration to educate. Or he could buy North Korea with his buddy...
Stephen J. Lyons: ‘Who won the week?’ Me, because I stopped watching cable news
I was slogging through my Saturday workout at the gym trying to balance and read a book on the elliptical while ignoring the three muted television sets on the wall. The gym’s owner usually starts the day with Fox News on the right, MSNBC on the left and HGTV in...
Cal Thomas: Generations apart
There are people in every generation who believe the generation following theirs is either going to the dogs or will ruin the country. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll lends credence to that way of thinking, especially where Generation Z/millennials (those born in the mid-1990s to mid-2000s) and Generation...
Tom Purcell: Scholars to hide behind ‘fake names’ on intolerant campuses
When my retired professor friend told me about it, my alarm bells went off. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, three academics founded a cross-disciplinary, peer- reviewed journal to encourage scholars to present contentious arguments. Though anyone should welcome The Journal of Controversial Ideas, here’s what alarms me: It will...
Editorial: Details matter with rail inspection
The devil is in the details. On Aug. 4, 2018, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near Station Square in Pittsburgh. Given the proximity of people at the Port Authority T track below, it is providential that there were no casualties. But there were costs. Local transit riders were disrupted...
Letter to the editor: Anti-Christ
The Antichrist is closer than you think. Demonizing immigrants and refugees seeking asylum is anti-Christ. Building walls is anti-Christ. Stoking racial tensions and xenophobic hatred is anti-Christ. Using fear as an expedient political tool is anti-Christ. Selling arms to repressive regimes that murder journalists and bomb children is anti-Christ. Spending...
Letter to the editor: Unions give workers power
Our working men and women are in dire condition. The average CEO in this country earns 400 times more than the average worker on a production line. The top 10% control 90% of the money. This situation is similar to what was happening in the early part of the 20th...
Letter to the editor: Collateral damage from anti-Trump actions
I am writing this letter from Facebook jail. I wonder when the 24/7 anti-Trump nonsense will stop. We have a president who is trying to help protect our country and make the American dream last. Will he ever get a little cooperation? Bill Maher suggests we should hope for a...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 9
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 9....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 9
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 9....
S.E. Cupp: Trump wants to look tough on mass shootings, while doing little
In the span of just over a month, four mass shootings — in Gilroy, Calif.; Dayton, Ohio; and El Paso, and Odessa, Texas — have provoked varying words of comfort, condemnation and promised action from President Trump. After the Gilroy shooting, he offered, “While families were spending time together at...
Michelle Malkin: Stop mental health data mining of our kids
No, no, no. Hell, no! That’s my response to the latest trial balloon floated by the White House to join with Silicon Valley on a creepy program monitoring Americans’ “neurobehavioral signs” to (purportedly) prevent gun violence. President Trump’s old friend, former NBC head Bob Wright, has been pushing an Orwellian...
Editorial: The real challenge of gun debate
In August, days after shootings in California and Texas and Ohio, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto issued a challenge to legislators in Washington and Harrisburg: Do something about guns in 30 days. If nothing else, reconvene from recess and talk about what to do. The 30 days have passed. Nothing has...
Letter to the editor: Highlands should honor star athletes
School districts often recognize students’ and teams’ achievements in trophy cases or on gymnasium banners . Three individuals who grew up within the Highlands School District reached their sports’ highest level, and the district is remiss in not displaying recognition of their accomplishments: • Cookie Gilchrist: American Football League All-Star...
